Florida House Bill 1125 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on May 2 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-05-02 - Died in Business and Professional Regulation Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Creates Board of Interpreters for Deaf, Hard of Hearing & Deaf-Blind within DBPR; authorizes board to adopt rules; requires licensure of professional interpreters for individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind; establishes fees for applications, licenses, license renewal, & administration; provides requirements for licensure, license by endorsement, license renewal, continuing education, & provisional license; provides that licensee must have active license to engage professionally as interpreter; provides for election of license status and requirements to change status; requires DBPR to provide certain notice to licensee by specified time; prohibits certain acts & provides penalties; prohibits use of public funds to employ unlicensed interpreter; prohibits certain employment or subcontracting of unlicensed interpreter.

Interpreters for Individuals who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or Deaf-Blind

Rep. Elizabeth Porter [R]	Sen. Travis Hutson [R]	Rep. Halsey Beshears [R]	Rep. Heather Fitzenhagen [R]
Rep. Mark Pafford [D]	Rep. Raymond Pilon [R]	Sen. Kevin Rader [D]	Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda [D]
Rep. Patrick Rooney [R]	Rep. Ron Saunders [D]	Rep. Elaine Schwartz [D]	Sen. Linda Stewart [D]
Rep. Alan Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-05-02	House	Died in Business and Professional Regulation Subcommittee
2014-03-05	House	Referred to Business and Professional Regulation Subcommittee; Government Operations Appropriations Subcommittee; Regulatory Affairs Committee
2014-03-04	House	Introduced
2014-02-25	House	Filed

S1304 (Similar To) 2014-05-02 - Died in Regulated Industries

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
468	901		Amended Code	See Bill Text
468	902		Amended Code	See Bill Text
468	903		Amended Code	See Bill Text
468	904		Amended Code	See Bill Text
468	905		Amended Code	See Bill Text
468	906		Amended Code	See Bill Text
468	907		Amended Code	See Bill Text
468	908		Amended Code	See Bill Text
468	909		Amended Code	See Bill Text
468	910		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/1125
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/1125/BillText/Filed/PDF